Change the search engine

hi!
I am new to mac.
I am current use Leopard on my MBP.
The default search engine of safari is google.com
but....it will be much more convinient for me or other user in Taiwan to search in google.com.tw .
is there anyway to change it?
I had try follow an article that use vi to change setting...
but it seems that safari 3.0 is a little different from 2.0.
It will be a great help...^^

Hi Klaus
I really don't know if the developer has a separate Asia version (I sense "no", however, as my wife will tell you what I sense isn't always the right choice )
Here's what my list looks like:

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1. GO TO THE TOOL BAR WHERE IT SAYS SAFARI AND CLICK TO BRING DOWN THE MENU OF OPTIONS, CLICK ON PREFERENCES
2.INSTEAD OF JUST CLICKING ON THE GENERAL TAB AND CHANGING THE SEARCH ENGINE LIKE EVERY OTHER STUPID SUPPORT TELLS YOU TO DO LOOK AT THE TAB THAT SAYS EXTENSIONS.
3. Chances are you downloaded something that was made by a third party to "enhance" your web experience but really they just screwed you over, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SIMPLY UNINSTALL ANY EXTENSIONS PUT ON YOUR COMPUTER BY CLICKING INSTALL, BUT TO BE SURE THAT THIS IS THE ROOT OF YOUR PROBLEM IN THE SECOND COLUMN SIMPLY CLICK ON THE UNDERLINED NAME OF WHO THE EXTENSION IS MADE BY IF CLICKING THE LINK BRINGS UP A YAHOO PAGE THIS IS THE SOURCE OF YOUR ISSUES AND SIMPLY UNINSTALLING THIS WILL RID YOU OF THIS DUMB PROBLEM!!
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Thanks dmcritchie,
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